CHIPPEWA COUNTY MARKET

Chippewa County, Wisconsin Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Chippewa County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bloomer, Boyd and Holcombe. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Chippewa County by the Numbers

Chippewa County has 1,286 farms on 338,969 acres (about 264 acres each). Together they sold $306.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and plums, and local fields produce green beans, sweet corn, pumpkins and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 2,867 honey bee colonies.

99 farms in Chippewa County already sell straight to the public, about $819,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Chippewa County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 347,199 turkeys, 51,039 head of cattle and 6,357 egg-laying hens in Chippewa County.

About 2,292 people run or help run farms in Chippewa County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 198 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Chippewa County stands out: it ranks #1 of 69 WI counties for honey bee colonies and #12 of 72 WI counties for number of farms.